Over the years, the high school has undergone a number of physical changes – the additions of the Social Studies and English hallways, to the Performing Arts Center on the other end.

With every new addition, a new room numbering system has come around. The latest attempt, spearheaded by business teacher Scott Schmidt and Principal Douglas Austin, organizes the different sections of the school into blocks.

“Our school has been added onto many times and there are many pockets. It’s not linear,” said Scott Schmidt. “The old numbering system was based on an overhead map view, and not walking through the school. Even if you knew the room number, you didn’t know where it was.”

Leslie Sworsky, one of the supporters of the new system, said there was confusion caused by the old room numbers.

“It was apparent that people from the community, as well as students and staff, were having trouble finding rooms on their own,” said Sworsky.

Not everyone is happy about the school being divided into blocks. Returning students were surprised by the sudden appearance of the new signs separating the school into separate blocks.

“I feel like we’re in a prison,” said senior Taylor Oswald, about the new signs.
While returning students don’t seem to find any use for the new signs other than as joke material, new students see them differently.

Freshman, Natalie Swafford, said that the signs were helpful in finding her way around, “especially the letters, if you need to get to a room in D and you’re in C, you know you need to go one area over.”

Despite jokes from returning students and some teachers, the new signs have helped new people find their way around the building, something the old system was unable to do.

“The previous method was more for the custodial staff and not for the benefit of people using the building either during or after school,” Sworsky said. “It made sense to them but not to anyone else.”